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A Reader's Hebrew Bible
A Reader's Hebrew Bible: Second Edition is a classic and essential tool for students of biblical Hebrew. The Reader presents the Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Leningrad Codex (minus the critical apparatus) alongside the English translation of the New International Version. Hebrew words that occur one-hundred times or less (twenty-five or less for Aramaic words) are given definitions in footnotes, allowing students to focus on reading, comprehension, parsing, and grammatical issues. Shaded Hebrew names that occur less than one-hundred times help ease reading, and parsing information in footnotes aid students in understanding meaning and English renderings. Ketiv/Qere readings are noted in the text throughout. The Italian Duo-Tone binding, ribbon marker, and easy-to-read Hebrew font make this Reader an attractive Bible for reading and study. The new features of this updated edition of the A Reader's Hebrew Bible include four-color maps and an "Index of the Bible's Use of the Bible" by award-winning author Gary Edward Schnittjer. The index is based on Schnittjer's careful work of Scripture's use of Scripture and lists all allusions tied directly to the Hebrew and Greek languages. Sigla inform the reader of the type of relationship between texts. This important addition sets A Reader's Hebrew Bible apart from other Hebrew resources, promoting careful and fruitful study of the Hebrew Bible.
Kyiv 2022
The first authoritative, illustrated account of Russia’s high-risk strike on Ukraine’s capital, the centerpiece of its failed 2022 invasion plan.In 2022, Vladimir Putin was convinced he could seize Kyiv, install a puppet government, and close his fist on Ukraine in a matter of weeks, with minimal fighting. In this book, Dr Mark Galeotti, a world expert on Russian military history, explains how Russia’s lightning conquest was conceived and planned, and how it was defeated.He explains how Russia’s commanders did not expect to go to war and were forced to invade under-prepared, and how they nonetheless made a concerted attempt to seize Hostomel Airport and from there take the capital, with mercenaries detailed to hunt down the government. But Ukrainian military and civilian resistance thwarted the attack and within a month, the Russians were already on the retreat, leaving behind the smoking remains of the 40-mile invasion column outside Kyiv.Drawing extensively on Russian and Ukrainian sources including interviews with soldiers involved in the operation, and fully illustrated with photographs, original artwork and maps, this is the most detailed and compelling study of this operation available in English. It is the story of a strike whose defeat signalled both the shattering of Putin’s expectations of an easy victory, and the start of the reorientation of the war towards the south-east.
Libya and the West
Libya and the West: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a welcome update to the literature on Western diplomatic relations with Libya. It specifically analyzes the complicated relationships that Italy, Britain, the United States, and France developed with Libya beginning in the 1910s. On the basis of a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it offers insights into the political and socio-economic conditions within Libya that concerned Western leaders and shaped their policies. Among the crucial episodes that this book embraces are fascist Italy''s military conquest and colonization of Libya; the expulsion of Axis armies from Libya and other north African states during World War II; the enthronement of King Idris in 1951; the discovery of oil in Libya in 1959. It explains the seizure of power by Muammar Qaddafi in 1969; the low-intensity military conflict between the United States and Libya in the 1980s; the Western response to Libyan acts of terrorism, including the murder of a British police officer in London in 1984 and the downing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988; the enduring turmoil sparked by the Arab Spring in 2011; the decision by NATO powers to intervene militarily in the Libyan civil war to ensure the downfall of the Qaddafi regime; and the murder of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens at Benghazi in 2012.
Dark Frigate
London 1620 - Philip Marsham, a nineteen-year-old sailor, has just been orphaned when his father''s ship was lost at sea. An accident with a gun causes him to flee London, leaving behind his small inheritance left by his father. He decides to journey across England on foot, heading towards Bideford in Devon.During his travels, he encounters Tom Jordan and Martin Barwick, who claim to be fellow sailors. Tom, who is more commonly known as the Old One, soon parts company with them; however, Martin becomes Phil''s traveling companion. When they reach Bideford, Martin leads the way to the house of Mother Taylor, an old woman who works as the go-between for numerous illegal activities and arranges positions for Martin and Phil on a frigate, known as the Rose of Devon.When their ship is captured by pirates, led by the ‘Old One’ only Phil and Will Canty, a fellow sailor of the same age, show reluctance to become pirates. Will Phil join them to save himself?
Mood Machine
'Passionate and rigorous... riveting' Financial Times'[a] cool-headed but powerful polemic...' Sunday Times'A thoroughly convincing argument that Spotify's success has had a disastrous effect on pop music...' The Guardian'A vital addition to the genre... arrives not a moment too soon' The TelegraphTHIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU THINK ABOUT, AND CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO, MUSICStreaming is reshaping music for artists and listeners alike. Until now, the cultural ramifications of these seismic shifts have been underexplored.Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today's highly consolidated record business.Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all.As music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed, the stakes for artists and listeners alike have never been higher. Mood Machine is an essential read for any music fan seeking a deeper understanding of how we listen now.
Bad Debt
A high-stakes Scottish legal thriller featuring a defence lawyer, a murder charge, and a trial where the accused knows the system too well. This time, Robbie’s not defending the accused. He is the accused. When Robbie Munro’s wife is stalked by a witness in one of her cases, Robbie steps in to deal with it. Then the stalker turns up dead. And Robbie is charged with murder. As the case builds against him, his friends rally to help. Alibis are created. Stories are adjusted. Lines are crossed. All in the name of keeping him out of prison. But Robbie knows exactly how this works. And the more his friends try to save him, the worse it starts to look. Because this time, the only people who might tell the truth…Are the ones who want him convicted. Bad Debt is Book 11 in the Robbie Munro Legal Thriller series. Perfect for readers who love John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Michael Connelly. ___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Best Defence Series:? Ingeniously plotted, witty, and full of insight into the justice system ? A likeable, flawed hero you can’t help but root for ? Easy to read, hard to stop ? Brilliant characters and twists you never see coming ? A vivid, believable slice of contemporary Scottish life ? Funny, fast-paced, and impossible to put down
Contesting Pluralism(s)
Contesting Pluralism(s) challenges a widespread tendency to limit studies of Turkish – and Muslim – politics to 'Islamist vs. secularist' or 'Islam vs. democracy' debates. Instead, Nora Fisher-Onar's innovative argument centers on coalitions for and against pluralism. Retelling Turkey's story from the late Ottoman Empire to the present as a tale of pluralizing vs. anti-pluralist coalitions, this book offers an alternative explanation for major outcomes from elections and coup d'etats to revolutions. Here, cross-camp alliances pit those who are willing to coexist with 'Other(s)' against those who champion a unitary, national project in which everyone speaks, believes, looks, and loves as they do. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary data, Fisher-Onar introduces an analytical framework for capturing causal complexity in political contestation. This study rejects Orientalist exceptionalism, rereading the relationship between political religion, pluralism, and populism via a framework that travels across and beyond the Muslim-majority world.
The Magic Faraway Tree: Where''s Teddy?
Up in the Magic Faraway Tree, No one can find Silky''s teddy!Maybe he''s lost high up in the clouds . . . Let''s have a peek! Are you ready? Silky the fairy loves playing games with her friends in the tree, but where has Teddy gone? Set off to the Land of Lost Things and search for Teddy amongst lost toys, mail and even socks!Can you lift the flaps to help find Teddy and make it back to the tree for a special tea party surprise? An interactive story set in the enchanting world of Enid Blyton''s The Magic Faraway Tree, that is perfect for the littlest of readers. Don''t miss:The Magic Faraway Tree: Goodnight, Fairy The Magic Faraway Tree: Let''s Have a Picnic!The Magic Faraway Tree: Happy BirthdayThe Magic Faraway Tree: Hide-and-Seek
Last Night in Brooklyn
New York Times-bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbour’s secret past SPRING, 2007 At twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She’s in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother’s beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighbourhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, she finds herself lured by the siren song of youth and possibility that the striving crowd of creatives holds, and moves in. No one embodies this milieu more than La Garza, a larger-than-life, up-and-coming fashion designer whose epic house parties fuel neighbourhood lore. La Garza’s life, observed by Alicia from her apartment across the street, seems to hold the allure and fearlessness Alicia has never dared to imagine for herself. But when Alicia’s wealthy banker cousin moves to the neighbourhood, she finds herself increasingly drawn into both his and La Garza’s precarious lives. Against the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, Last Night in Brooklyn explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of colour living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. It is a story about everything money can buy – and the destruction of what it can’t.
The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle is the twisty murder mystery readers are OBSESSED with:'The very definition of a pounding, propulsive page-turner'‘Runs at breakneck speed’‘Smart and breathless. It’s huge fun’‘An outstanding thriller’‘Totally unexpected’‘The plot unfolds cleverly and at pace’YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED. EVERYONE THINKS YOU DID IT. High up in Mumbai’s most luxurious skyscraper, the Pinnacle, George Abercrombie wakes from a drunken stupor to find his wife, Bollywood superstar Sweety Sahota, murdered in their bedroom. He knows he will be the prime suspect. Sweety’s phone has disappeared. Her laptop has vanished. And George can't remember what happened. A devoted assistant is hiding a dangerous secret. A trusted servant disappears. A neighbour knows more than she's saying. As George scrambles to piece together the night, with 1.4 billion people wanting him dead, somewhere inside the Pinnacle, someone has a killer secret . . . CAN GEORGE FIND THE KILLER BEFORE HIS TIME RUNS OUT? HIGH RISE. HIGH STAKES. THE PINNACLE IS THE THRILLER OF THE SUMMER. ‘Dark, funny, shocking…easily his best book yet’ Janice Hallett 'A writer at the very top of his game’ Mark Billingham'A deliciously twisting plot’ Lucy Foley‘Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell’ Harriet Tyce ‘Delivers a truly satisfying ending’ Jane Casey
Power Play
In Power Play, leading game industry expert George E. Osborn reveals how video games - the world's largest entertainment medium - are being used by autocrats, populists and violent extremists to influence the real world around us.
Video games are the world's largest entertainment medium. They are played by billions of people of all ages every year, generating hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue.
But they are more than an entertainment product. They connect people across the globe, creating digital third places where people talk, share ideas and build identities, fostering diverse communities capable of dominating the digital discourse now shaping our reality.
While democracies continue to underestimate the potential for influence in this space, others have seized the opportunity to control, co-opt or collaborate with video game communities to wield the power of these vast information ecosystems.
Saudi Arabia is spending tens of billions of dollars acquiring video games businesses to wash its reputation. Russia has funded video game development to help spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine. Steve Bannon utilised tactics deployed by online video game communities to propel Donald Trump into the White House, and Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin even carved video game references into his bullets.
Supported by the insights of politicians, academics and industry experts, Power Play is the vital guide for understanding this new political frontier, highlighting what democracies must do to protect and harness the immense power of play before the essential battle for digital influence is lost for good.
The Favourite
The Fisher family are on holiday . . .
Mum, Dad. And their three grown-up daughters
- Alex, Nancy and Eva - plus their young families.
Sisters with differences, yes -
but these are quickly glossed over.
This is not a family of secrets, lies or even half-truths.
Or so they tell themselves.
Right up until Dad accidentally drops a bombshell:
he has a favourite . . .
And suddenly everything unravels.
All the secrets. All the lies. The not even half-truths.
But might it take coming apart to bring this family back together?
Letters To Sartre
These intimate love letters reveal the open relationship between de Beauvoir and Sartre, two of the twentieth century's groundbreaking thinkers.
Simone de Beauvoir lived her feminist philosophy. She never married or had children, she had affairs with both men and women, and she actively defied the norms for women of her era. At the same time, she conducted an intense, long-term relationship with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whom she referred to as her husband.
De Beauvoir and Sartre met as philosophy students in Paris in 1929. For over fifty years, until their deaths in the 1980s, the couple had a close open relationship. This book contains her letters to him, revealing the details of her everyday life and her passion for the man who shared her ideals. It is an intimate portrait of a woman living in an adventurous, complicated way in the name of individual freedom.
You'd Be Home Now - Már itthon lennél
Csendes, engedelmes, megbízható.
Emmynek egész életében megmondták, hogy milyennek kell lennie. Nem lehet olyan erős akaratú, mint gyönyörű nővére, Maddie, és nem kerülhet elvonóra, mint fékezhetetlen bátyja, Joey. Miután azonban egy tragikus baleset örökre megváltoztatja kisvárosuk életét, vajon képes lesz Emmy tovább játszani a szerepét?
A Lány, darabokban bestsellerszerzőjének újabb lélegzetelállító története a hétköznapok fájdalmairól, örömeiről és szépségeiről.
„Kathleen Glasgow lebilincselő története egy függőség árnyékában élő tinédzserről és az ő törékeny világáról kitágítja a szívünket, és megtölti emberséggel.” – Val Emmich, író
Mélyedj el benne!
„A Már itthon lennél a gondosan kidolgozott szereplőivel arról mesél, milyen, amikor mindent elveszítünk, és közben megtaláljuk önmagunkat.” – Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, író
„Ez a szívszaggató történet felnyitja a szemünket, és teljesen beszippant minden egyes szavával. Összetöri a szívünket, ugyanakkor reményt is ad. Olvassátok el!” – Melany, goodreads.com
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The Liveaboard Guide 3rd edition
A thoroughly updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to living afloat on the inland waterways. ‘For anyone considering living afloat on the inland waterways, this excellent book by a veteran liveaboard is a 'must have' guide.’ (Towpath Talk)The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle. Tony Jones is one of those people. He has lived aboard his 50ft narrowboat for over 20 years and in this book he documents what the liveaboard lifestyle is really like, detailing the practical issues of living day to day on a boat and how to manage these, and the many joys to be found too. Topics covered include: - The pros, cons and costs of a mooring - Power usage and energy consumption (and how it differs from a house) - How to stay warm - the choice of coal, electric, gas or wood heating - Troubleshooting problems with boat loos- Entertainment - TV, radio, internet - Handling logistical problems - no postal address, registering with a GP, vehicle access This third edition has been comprehensively revised and expanded to include new and updated information on costs, ecological living, boat crime and security, keeping fit afloat, earning a living aboard, plus much more.
What a Bottom!
Meet the magnificent marvellous magical BOTTOM.Bottoms are brill, bottoms are ace, bottoms are top of the tree . . . well, actually technically they''re bottom. But they''re VERY important! Where would we be without bottoms?Could we sit without a bottom? NO.Could we run without a bottom? NO.Could we poo without a bottom? Probably not.But who in the animal kingdom has the biggest bottom? Or the furriest, or the slimiest, or the smelliest bottom? Take a wild ride through science, nature, evolution and more in this terrific tale of the mighty BOTTOM!
Animal Encyclopedia
2500 animals with photos, maps and more! Featuring 2,500 species and packed with stunning colour photographs, amazing animal facts, maps, and more, the National Geographic Kids Animal Encyclopedia is jam-packed with authoritative information by animal experts. From animal homes and habitats to senses and communication, life cycle and babies, movement and migration, defences, camouflage, conservation and more. Inside you’ll find animal profiles that focus in-depth on a particular animal, animal records that highlight the fastest, tallest, smallest animals and exclusive from-the-field reports by National Geographic explorers. Meet a powerful African lion, a jewel-coloured tree frog, or a tiny songbird. Then dive in with deep-sea fish and stealthy sharks. Read about what they eat, where they live, and what makes them so cool.
Twenty Minutes of Silence
In a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed. But a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal? In Twenty Minutes of Silence, Hélene Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts. Everything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case. Composed in her signature poetic prose style, Bessette’s novella builds a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new. Devastating and exuberant, Twenty Minutes of Silence is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.
You Can Do This
You can live a full and purposeful life—one that is wildly, wonderfully, recklessly alive. You’re not alone if you’re feeling stuck, exhausted by daily routines, or struggling just to get out of bed. Mental health advocate and author Sam Eaton has been there—and You Can Do This is the book he needed during his hardest moments. This 90-day journey of affirmation, reflection, and encouragement invites you to rebuild your life from the inside out. After years of speaking across the country and walking through his own healing, Sam offers the wisdom he’s gained through experience and the hope he’s fought to reclaim. Each daily entry guides you to reconnect with what matters, take intentional action, and build momentum toward a hopeful future. Each week centers around one of seven themes: Bold actionSelf-talkResilienceSelf-worthSelf-carePurposeConnection Along the way, you’ll be gently challenged to step outside your comfort zone and begin moving toward the life you’ve longed for—one that feels authentic, meaningful, and recklessly alive.
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